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A Shorter 146Sm Half-Life Measured and Implications for 146Sm-142Nd Chronology in the Solar System
March 30, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6076, p.1614-1617
mantle differentiation of Earth, the Moon, and Mars occurred earlier and over a shorter time scale than previously estimated
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Keeping Time with Earth's Heaviest Element
March 30, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6076, p.1585-1586
new 238U/235U ratios for uranium-bearing minerals provide a better chronometer for dating geological processes
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238U/235U Systematics in Terrestrial Uranium-Bearing Minerals
March 30, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6076, p.1610-1614
highly variable uranium isotope ratios highlight the need for a revised approach to radiometric dating
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Radio Astronomy: Partners Prepare to Pick a Site For World's Biggest Telescope
March 30, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6076, n.1564-1565
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When Dinosaurs Roamed, Wildfire Was a Foe
March 30, 2012 Live Science
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A new hominin foot from Ethiopia shows multiple Pliocene bipedal adaptations
March 29, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.565-569
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North set for mass analysis of planets
March 29, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.522-523
spectrograph will review results from Kepler telescope
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Scientists lobby for governor to veto Tennessee evolution bill
March 28, 2012 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee)
teachers may have option to criticize accepted theory
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Fossil raindrops reveal Earth's early atmosphere
March 28, 2012 New Scientist, n.2858, p.17
analysis of a fossilised rain shower suggests air density on early Earth was similar to now, confounding explanations for the "faint sun paradox"
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The United Methodist Church Flirts with Creationism
March 28, 2012 Huffington Post
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A question of intelligence
March 26, 2012 New Scientist, n.2857, p.3
Why are humans the smartest animals on Earth?
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Tennessee Legislature Passes Landmark Academic Freedom on Evolution Bill
March 26, 2012 Discovery Institute
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News to Note
March 24, 2012 Answers in Genesis
a weekly feature examining news from the biblical viewpoint
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The Hunters Did It
March 23, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6075, p.1452-1453
human hunting was responsible for the extinction of large mammal species in tropical Australia
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The Aftermath of Megafaunal Extinction: Ecosystem Transformation in Pleistocene Australia
March 23, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6075, p.1483-1486
the extinction of megafauna 40,000 years ago after the arrival of humans led to major changes in vegetation and fire regimes
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Reptile grew feather-like structures before dinosaurs
March 23, 2012 New Scientist, n.2857, p.8
some 80 million years before the first feathered dinosaurs, Longisquama grew impressive structures using the same genes
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Burgess Shale-type fossil preservation
March 23, 2012 Physics Today
extraordinary soft-tissue preservation is due to early inhibition of microbial activity
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Tennessee Joins the Anti-Evolution Parade and Ignores the Experts
March 23, 2012 Huffington Post
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Newspaper Article
Why Won’t They Listen?
March 23, 2012 New York Times
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Newspaper Article
Seeing Is Unbelieving
March 23, 2012 New York Times
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Adaptive radiation of multituberculate mammals before the extinction of dinosaurs
March 22, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.457-460
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Evolutionary biology: Life imperfectly imitates life
March 22, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.410-411
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Prehistoric proteins: Raising the dead
March 22, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.390-393
To dissect evolution, Joe Thornton resurrects proteins that have been extinct for many millions of years. His findings rebut creationists and challenge polluters.
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What One Atheist Learned from Hanging Out with Creationists
March 21, 2012 Huffington Post
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JPL trial: Coppedge, NASA agency tell different tales
March 21, 2012 Glendale News-Press (California)
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Monster titanoboa snake invades New York
March 21, 2012 Yahoo! News
New York commuters arriving at Grand Central Station were greeted by a monstrous sight: a 48-foot-long, 2500-pound titanoboa snake
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Superfast neutrino claim takes another beating
March 21, 2012 New Scientist, n.2857, p.5
a further experiment has measured neutrinos' flight time and found that the subatomic particles seem to fly at boring old light speed after all
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First of Our Kind: Could Australopithecus sediba Be Our Long Lost Ancestor?
March 20, 2012 Scientific American
sensational fossils from South Africa spark debate over how we came to be human
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Anti-evolution 'equals' apartheid?
March 19, 2012 One News Now
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Legal Smackdown: NASA, Religion and Intelligent Design
March 19, 2012 Time Magazine
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Park wants to display more dino tracks
March 19, 2012 United Press International
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Background on David Coppedge and the Lawsuit Against NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
March 19, 2012 Discovery Institute
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News Update/Commentary
T. Rex's Killer Smile Revealed
March 18, 2012 Science Daily
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Blog Post
Intelligent design is not a theological explanation
March 17, 2012 Apologia
God-of-the-gaps objection (Part 4 of 4)
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News to Note
March 17, 2012 Answers in Genesis
a weekly feature examining news from the biblical viewpoint
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Artificially Intelligent Being Designs Videogame for Humans
March 16, 2012 Escapist Magazine
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Human Evolution Out of Africa: The Role of Refugia and Climate Change
March 16, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6074, p.1317-1321
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News Update/Commentary
Icarus Experiment Measures Neutrino Speed: Even Neutrinos Are Not Faster Than Light
March 16, 2012 Science Daily
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Video
The Emergence of Life on Earth
March 15, 2012 YouTube
Robert Hazen examines the question of the origin of life.
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Scientists stumped by prehistoric human whose face doesn't fit
March 15, 2012 Brisbane Times (Australia)
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Terminated JPL Worker Explains Intelligent Design Versus Creationism
March 15, 2012 Montrose Patch (California)
David Coppedge, the former systems administrator for the Cassini mission, took questions for the first time Wednesday
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Evolution vs Creationism for dummies
March 15, 2012 News 24 (South Africa)
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The Tools of Tree-Ring Research
March 15, 2012 New York Times
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What killed the big beasts?
March 15, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.249
during the past 100,000 years many of Earth's largest animals became extinct
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The life and loves of Isaac Newton
March 14, 2012 New Scientist, n.2856, p.51
this new novel catalogues the messy international and interpersonal politics at the time of Newton's breakthroughs
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Without free will, what do our choices mean?
March 14, 2012 New Scientist, n.2856, p.52
this book dismantles the idea, but argues that our decisions still matter -- a refreshing antidote to the nihilism the debate tends to produce
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News Update/Commentary
Cave Fossil Find: New Human Species or "Nothing Extraordinary"?
March 14, 2012 National Geographic News
Chinese fossils hint at "new evolutionary line" ... depending who you ask
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Chinese human fossils unlike any known species
March 14, 2012 New Scientist, n.2856, p.4
The newly described Red Deer Cave people show an unusual mixture of modern and primitive features. Where did they come from?
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Human-like fossils in China caves puzzle scientists
March 14, 2012 Yahoo! News
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Human Remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition of Southwest China Suggest a Complex Evolutionary History for East Asians
March 14, 2012 PLoS ONE, v.7, n.3, p.e31918